Corbridge v. Auburn Street Hardware, Inc.

This was an action for declaratory judgment brought by the Plaintiff, Corbridge, asking that he and those holding under him had a common law easement over a portion of the premises of the defendant in the city of Rockford. On the date of trial the plaintiff amended his complaint and asked the court to declare the strip of land in question was a public highway within the meaning of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 121, sec. 2 — 202 contending that the property had been used as a public highway for more than fifteen years. The defendant asked for a continuance after the complaint was amended which the…